Contradict
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English
Verb
Contradict (third-person singular simple present Contradicts, present participle Contradicting, simple past and past participle Contradicted)
- To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).
- To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).
- (obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.
Adverbs for Contradict
expressly; violently; inexplicably; constantly; embarrassingly; fatuously; flagrantly; mutually; bewilderingly; curiously; logically; extravagantly; vulgarly; boorishly; curtly; ill-manneredly; explicitly; directly.
Synonyms for Contradict
withspeak, disconfirm, deny, dispute, question, oppose, resist, impugn, correct, rectify, retreat, recant, recall, demur, disclaim, intervene, refute.
Antonyms for Contradict
agree, acquiesce, endorse, confirm, approve, sign, seal, vouch, verify, sanction, guarantee, accept.
Thesaurus
antagonize, argue down, assert the contrary, be antipathetic, be at cross-purposes, be contrary to, be inimical, be opposed to, beat against, belie, break, break off, brush aside, call into question, challenge, chuck, chuck out, clash, collide, conflict, conflict with, confound, confute, contemn, contest, contrapose, contrast with, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoise, counterpose, countervail, counterwork, cross, crush, decline, defeat, demolish, deny, despise, differ, disaccord, disaffirm, disagree, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, discount, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispose of, disprove, dispute, disregard, dissent, except, exclude, falsify, finish, floor, forbid, forswear, gainsay, garble, go against, go counter to, ignore, impugn, interfere with, jangle, jar, join issue upon, jostle, juxtapose in opposition, lock horns, meet head-on, militate against, mismatch, mismate, negate, negative, nonplus, not accept, not admit, nullify, object, offset, oppose, oppugn, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, pass by, pass up, play at cross-purposes, push aside, put to silence, rebuff, rebut, recant, reduce to silence, refuse, refuse to admit, refuse to consider, refute, reject, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, resist, retract, reverse, revoke, run against, run counter to, scout, set off, settle, shove away, shut up, silence, smash all opposition, spurn, squash, squelch, subvert, swim upstream, take back, take issue with, throw away, throw out, traverse, turn away, turn out, undermine, upset, vary, waive, work against
Etymology
From the pariciple stem of Latin contrādīcō (“I speak against”) (originally two words).
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